Liaison to :

• Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Personal Librarian for students in:

• School of Medicine

As your Librarian, John can:

• Serve as your single point of contact to all things library
• Tailor an instruction session for you or your group
• Receive your suggestions for new purchases – books, journals, databases, CAI, videos, and any other type of material
• Help you search for information in any of the Medical Library’s many databases
• Send you the ‘Medical Library News’ each month – highlighting new resources and information about the library’s programs to keep you up-to-date.

Education

• MLS, Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, 2004
• BS, Management, Southern Connecticut State University, 1997
• Teastais Naisuinte i Staidear Gno, RTC Galway, Ireland, 1988

Selected Publications

Dollar D, Gallagher J, Glover J, Marone K, Crooker C.  Realizing what's essential: A case study on integrating electronic journal management into a print-centric technical services department. Journal of the Medical Library Association 2007; 95 (2): 147 –155.  http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1852630/

“Zen and the Art of Electronic Resource Management: Transforming Technical Services” Contributed paper presented at the Medical Library Association Annual Meeting, Phoenix, May 2006, with Daniel Dollar, Regina Kenny Marone, John Gallagher, and Cynthia Crooker, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library, Yale School of Medicine.

Gallagher J, Bauer K, Dollar D. Evidence-based librarianship: Utilizing data from all available sources to make judicious print cancellation decisions. Library Collections, Acquisitions & Technical Services 29:2: 169-179

Professional Memberships

• Medical Library Association
• North Atlantic Health Science Libraries
• Connecticut Association of Health Science Libraries

Current Committees

• YULS Best Practices, Joint Department Committee
• YSM Security Committee